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Greetings Synology Users!

I am the proud owner of a DS920+ and a DX517 expansion unit thanks to Prime day sales.
Looking forward to learning as much as possible about the best practices and SW.

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Whisky - what drives did you choose for storage?
I'm glad you asked! Prime day helped me get WD Red Plus 10TB drives from Amazon and New Egg.
While I did go over budget, the savings helped soothe the pain. Buy once cry once right?

I have 5 drives configured in a SHR configuration with 4 in the 920+ and the fifth in the DX517. On my gigabit network, I'm able to copy video files to the NAS over 100MB/sec which is awesome performance compared to the 916 I was evaluating a couple of years ago. I don't know how the forum experts feel about storage volumes spanning the expansion boundary, I tried to research it. Seems to be performing ok.
 
I don't know how the forum experts feel about storage volumes spanning the expansion boundary, I tried to research it. Seems to be performing ok.
I'm risk averse, usually, so without any experience of spanning the array across two devices* (two PSU, two logic boards, two etc.) I don't think I'd do it myself. That's not to say it's not supported and valid.

*have only just had the business case approved for the DS1520+ and 8TB disks so I'm not feeling brave enough to pitch for anything else just yet. Not doubt we need food and other luxuries :)
 
I was supposed to get a new lawnmower but when I saw the savings on my dream NAS, I decided I can figure out how to repair the self propelled drive or live with pushing it. The front lawn has a steep hill which makes mowing a little treacherous. At least my data and media files are safe...
 
Whisky - Amazon had those 10 TB drives very briefly listed for $189 during the Prime event but that didn't last very long - what price did you get them at?
188.99 each. New Egg matched that price as well.
I quit looking at deals after I bought them. Couldn't afford anymore "savings"
 

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